Andy McDonald – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy McDonald on 2016-09-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many contracts for franchised passenger rail services his Department has tendered in each year since 2013; and how many such contracts his Department plans to tender under the existing franchising schedule in each year between 2016 and 2023.
Paul Maynard
The number of contracts for franchised passenger rail services tendered* per calendar year from 2013 to 2015 are as follows:
Year No.of Contracts Awarded
2013 0
2014 3
2015 2
The number of planned of contracts for franchised passenger rail services tendered* per calendar year from 2016 to 2023 are as follows:
Year No.of Contracts Awarded
2016 1
2017 3
2018 4**
2019 1
2020 0
2021 2
2022 2
2023 0
*We have taken the use of the term ‘tendered’ to mean the completion of the tendering process which is contract award. The response does not require the number of Direct Awards as the question only asks for “franchised passenger rail services”.
**The schedule shown reflects standard Department for Transport franchising timings. The UK Government has agreed in principle to transfer franchising powers to the Welsh Government to lead on procuring the next Wales & Borders franchise. In anticipation of this, the Welsh Government are developing their procurement approach which is planned to start earlier than shown on this schedule.
